Hatfield, Robert Miller, Dd

Hatfield, Robert Miller, D.D.

an eminent Methodist Episcopal minister, was born February 19, 1819, at Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, N.Y. Joining the Providence Conference in 1841, he served as pastor in. the East and West until within a few years of his death, when failing health compelled him to cease. He wasa trustee of Northwestern University, and a member of the General Missionary Committee. He was a member of the General Conferences of 1860,1864,1876. 1880, and 1884. He died March 31, 1891. He was distinguished as an eloquent public speaker. See the Northwestern Christian Advocate, April 8, 1891.